I have a Python-package that calls Inkscape as part of a conversion process. I have it installed, but through Flatpak. This means that calling inkscape does not work in the terminal, but rather flatpak run org.inkscape.Inkscape. I need the package to be able to call it as inkscape.

What is the best way to go about this?

  • cyberwolfie@lemmy.mlOP
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    9 months ago

    Yeah, I tried this, and it works from my session, but I still got the same error from trying to run the program. I figured it was because it is called outside the bash session so the run commands have not been run, but is that perhaps not true?

    • ForynGilnith@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      9 months ago

      If that’s the case, it’s a bit of an ugly hack but you could make a wrapper script placed in /usr/local/bin/inkscape like this:

      #!/bin/bash

flatpack run org.inkscape.Inkscape ${*}

      (the ${*} will pass along all the arguments that the wrapper script was called with)